Provide packages for ARM architectures

[imrehg]

Should provide packages which can be used e.g. on Raspbian to burn image when running on a Raspberry Pi. Currently should be possible to build from source, but packages would make things a lot easier for users.

[balena-ci]

[imrehg] This issue has attached support thread https://jel.ly.fish/#/support-thread~47d7faac-6cff-42b5-be3e-4d5c80303bd0

[lurch]

Duplicate of #2748 ? (amongst other similar requests)

EDIT: Ignore this comment - #2748 has been closed whereas this issue ( #2870 ) is remaining open.

[Botspot]

Pi-Apps makes it easy to install Etcher.

https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

[jellyfish-bot]

[rahul-thakoor] This issue has attached support thread https://jel.ly.fish/f2d3ae32-56f8-4034-96e6-7edab4ae50ad

[kkarhan]

Any developments on this issue?

After all it should just be another build target in the existing pipeline... https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2870#issuecomment-572798550

[jellyfish-bot]

[hraftery] This has attached https://jel.ly.fish/44af0702-ef6e-4cfc-8b63-70dac562c765

[theofficialgman]

@Botspot please delete/edit your posts here that refer to balena-etcher-electron. it is being referenced in other posts and users who don't look hard will end up with this bad out of date package that doesn't match the upstream naming scheme

[Botspot]

Done.

[theofficialgman]

@dfunckt issue should be reopened. No armhf and arm64 Linux packages are being produced which is what this issue requested.

[dfunckt]

You are right of course, in my haste I mistook the issue to be about Apple Silicon builds and didn’t read the discussion.

I spend a lot of time trying to get cross compilation going but couldn’t and I had to move on. I haven’t given up though, will give it another go as soon as I get a chance.

[Kha1r0]

Any updates on this?

[Abhimanyu14]

I am using Etcher for macOS (arm64) provided here on a Mac Mini with M2.

I format the USB using GUID, but after flashing using Etcher, it changes to Master Boot Record (MBR), and the USB is not shown in the Startup screen.

[Kha1r0]

I am using Etcher for macOS (arm64) provided here on a Mac Mini with M2.

I format the USB using GUID, but after flashing using Etcher, it changes to Master Boot Record (MBR), and the USB is not shown in the Startup screen.

This is due to how ISOs work. The ISO file you're using to flash your USB drive contains information about the partition table and file system to use. So your ISO probably just says to use MBR and a file system macOS can't read, therefore probably being expected behaviour.

But thats completely besides the point of this thread. The macOS Arm package is here, so this is more or less only about Windows and Linux now.

[Abhimanyu14]

Hi @Kha1r0, I am using Ubuntu ARM ISO - https://ubuntu.com/download/server/arm.

If this is not the correct place, can you please let me know what I should do or where I should check further on this? Thank You.

[Kha1r0]

It seems your USB Drive is just ready to be used. Is it not working?

[Abhimanyu14]

I see these after formatting/erasing my USB device.

Etcher from here - "Etcher for macOS (arm64)" https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher

Ubuntu from here - https://ubuntu.com/download/server/arm

Once completed, I see this dialog and I click "Ignore".

Now the USB device shows Master Boot Record like this,

Restarting and opening Startup options do not show this USB device.

I am referencing the steps mentioned here - https://iboysoft.com/howto/bootable-usb-not-showing-up-mac.html

[Kha1r0]

Oh. You‘re trying to install Linux on your apple silicon mac. You have to use https://asahilinux.org/ to do that. Please inform yourself thoroughly as this is not an easy process. But as i said, we‘re completely off the topic of this issue.

Sorry @imrehg for congesting your issue.